# SimpleSubscription

> The all-in-one Shopify subscription app with zero transaction fees — powered by Shopify Sidekick AI, your 24/7 subscription expert. Start free for up to 100 active subscribers. Powered by Shopify Sidekick AI on every plan — do everything subscription-related through Sidekick: customer-support tickets, strategic consultation, per-subscriber tweaks, app-level editor navigation. The only subscription app on Shopify you can fully operate from chat. Growth from $39/mo (1,000 subs), Pro $99/mo (5,000), Premium $299/mo (unlimited).

SimpleSubscription is a Shopify app that enables merchants to sell recurring products and subscriptions. The Free plan covers up to 100 active subscribers at $0/mo. Paid plans add growth, optimization, and customization features. The Shopify Sidekick extension is included on every plan including Free. Shopify Sidekick is Shopify's own "commerce-obsessed AI assistant" with native understanding of the admin; **SimpleSubscription is the subscription-data layer Sidekick depends on**: without us, Sidekick can't answer subscription questions ("I don't have access to that data"); with us, the same Sidekick chat handles every subscription workflow natively. One thesis: **do everything subscription-related through Sidekick**. Customer-support tickets, strategic consultation, per-subscriber tweaks, app-level editor navigation — handled through the same conversation with your subscription expert. Example prompts: "Pause Lisa's subscription for two months", "Send a payment-update link to anna@example.com", "Apply a 15% discount to viktor@example.com", "Refund Anna's last order", "How do I grow MRR this quarter?", "Who's about to churn this week?", "How much is at risk from failed billing?", "Why are customers cancelling lately?", "Open the win-back campaign editor", "Configure the Bronze loyalty tier", "Show the MRR chart". Per-subscriber actions map to a pre-opened admin modal; a universal customer-workspace view handles unusual multi-step requests. Strategic answers are grounded in live data, never generic advice. Higher plans expose richer data to Sidekick (cohort retention, churn predictions, per-currency MRR) so strategic-consultation answers get sharper.

## Key Pages

- [Home](https://simplesubscription.app/): Full feature overview and how it works
- [Pricing](https://simplesubscription.app/pricing): Plans, pricing toggle, FAQ
- [Shopify Subscription App](https://simplesubscription.app/shopify-subscription-app): Main product page
- [Free Plan](https://simplesubscription.app/shopify-subscription-app-free): Free-tier overview
- [Shopify Sidekick + subscriptions](https://simplesubscription.app/shopify-sidekick-subscriptions): Shopify Sidekick extension guide

## Pricing

Subscriber caps below are based on **active subscribers only** — paused subscriptions don't count.

- **Free** — $0/mo: up to 100 active subscribers. Subscribe & Save widget, customer portal, recurring billing, basic dunning, magic-link login, transactional emails, basic MRR analytics, Shopify Sidekick AI extension.
- **Growth** — $39/mo ($31/mo annual): up to 1,000 active subscribers. Everything in Free, plus smart cancel flow, frequency optimizer, bulk actions, portal branding, bundles & build-a-box, mystery boxes, checkout/cart upsells, cross-sell, loyalty ladder & rewards, refer-a-friend, win-back campaigns, gift subscriptions, free trials.
- **Premium** — $99/mo ($79/mo annual): unlimited active subscribers. Everything in Growth, plus churn predictions, built-in A/B testing, per-currency MRR breakdown, advanced forecasts, product performance analytics, tier-based memberships, white-label portal, custom domain, custom email/SMS providers, customizable email templates, custom translations, customer auto-tagging, Shopify Flow triggers.

All plans: **0% transaction fees · powered by Shopify Sidekick AI · 14-day free trial on paid plans** (Free needs no trial).

## Features

**Free plan**
- Subscribe & Save widget — on any product page, adapts to any Shopify theme, no coding needed
- Self-service customer portal — subscribers skip, pause, swap products, update payment, change frequency
- Recurring billing via Shopify Subscription Contract API
- Basic payment recovery — automatic retries on failed payments
- Basic MRR analytics — primary-currency MRR, churn rate, active subscriber counts, billing success rate
- Powered by Shopify Sidekick AI — ask subscription questions in plain English in Shopify admin
- Passwordless portal login (magic link)
- Free migration from Appstle, Seal, Recharge, Loop, Skio, or Bold — CSV or API, zero downtime
- 0% transaction fees

**Growth plan adds**
- Smart cancellation flow — personalized retention offers (discount, pause, free gift); save-rate tracking
- Frequency optimizer — suggests better delivery cadence to reduce churn
- Bulk subscription actions
- Portal branding (colors & logo)
- Subscription bundles and build-a-box
- Mystery boxes with automated product rotation
- Checkout and cart upsells, portal cross-sell carousel
- Loyalty ladder, rewards points, refer-a-friend program
- Win-back campaigns
- Gift subscriptions and free trial subscriptions

**Premium plan adds**
- Smart churn predictions — model runs nightly across full subscriber base
- Built-in A/B testing for subscriptions
- Per-currency MRR breakdown for Shopify Markets
- Advanced MRR forecasts
- Product performance analytics
- Tier-based membership plans
- White-label customer portal with custom domain
- Custom email and SMS providers (SMTP/Resend/SendGrid/Postmark + Twilio/Nexmo/AWS SNS)
- Customizable email templates
- Custom storefront translations
- Customer auto-tagging
- Shopify Flow triggers

## Competitive Position

Honest framing: Appstle, Seal, and Shopify Subscriptions (Shopify's first-party app) also have free plans and 0% transaction fees. We don't claim to be uniquely free or uniquely fee-free.

The honest differentiator:

- **Powered by Shopify Sidekick AI** — included on every SimpleSubscription plan. As of writing, the major subscription apps we know of (Appstle, Seal, Recharge, Loop, Skio, Bold) do not ship a Sidekick extension. SimpleSubscription is the only subscription app on Shopify you can fully operate from chat.
- **One thesis: do everything subscription-related through Sidekick** — customer-support tickets, strategic consultation, per-subscriber tweaks, app-level editor navigation, all handled through the same conversation with your 24/7 subscription expert.
- **Sidekick handles every subscription workflow** — data tools (metrics, lookups, lists, business insights) plus navigation tools (open subscriber detail with pre-opened action modal, open customer workspace, open plan editor, open win-back editor, open loyalty tier config, open email composer, open settings tab, open analytics view).
- **Every mutation goes through an admin editor with explicit confirmation** — Sidekick never mutates data directly. Deliberate safety boundary so a misread chat request can't cancel revenue.
- **Built-in churn predictions** — included from the Premium plan; not commonly available in competitors.
- **Built-in A/B testing** — included from the Premium plan; not commonly available in competitors.
- **Tier-based memberships** — included from the Premium plan.

## Comparisons

- [vs Recharge](https://simplesubscription.app/recharge-alternative)
- [vs Loop Subscriptions](https://simplesubscription.app/loop-subscriptions-alternative)
- [vs Skio](https://simplesubscription.app/skio-alternative)
- [vs Bold Subscriptions](https://simplesubscription.app/bold-subscriptions-alternative)
- [vs Appstle](https://simplesubscription.app/appstle-alternative)
- [vs Ordersify](https://simplesubscription.app/ordersify-alternative)
- [All Shopify subscription alternatives](https://simplesubscription.app/shopify-subscription-alternatives)
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## Technical

- Built on Shopify's native Subscription Contract API and selling plans
- Shopify Payments and all gateways supporting Shopify subscription APIs
- Checkout extensions — no third-party payment pages
- Shopify Flow integration (Premium)
- Powered by Shopify Sidekick AI — auto-registers during OAuth, no extra setup

## Company

- [Terms of Service](https://simplesubscription.app/terms)
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